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The Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City. This visit to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City marked the final official excursion of my college ...
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How World War I Affected European Attitudes Toward Humanity, Culture, and Art
Introduction There is no doubt that World War I (1914 – 1918) was one of the most significant and devastating events in human history. Its unprecedented scale of destruction and loss left a lasting ...
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Poema de Amor
«Hay en los hombres cosas más dignas de admiración que las de desprecio»[i] Era 14 de febrero de 2025. Día de San Valentín. El aire en Bekerly College estaba lleno de las risas, susurros y ...
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A Stronghold of Faith and Reason
«New Haven is a time machine». Those were the initial words of Dr. Charles Mercier, my professor of Music and Classical Language, before our class began the architectural tour of New Haven. The best part ...
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Hans Zimmer’s Life Must Have Its Mysteries and William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Dante and Virgil in Hell
“Midway this way of life we’re bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood. Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.(1)” In this essay, I seek to compare Hans Zimmer’s ...
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Libertad en El Principito.
«Lo esencial es invisible a los ojos; solo se ve bien con el corazón.» Introducción En este trabajo escrito sobre El Principito, escrito por el autor francés Antoine de SaintExupéry en el año 1943, vamos ...
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Amor adolescente en El Camino por Miguel Delibes
Introducción Elegí esta obra de Miguel Delibes por la profundidad que hay detrás de una despedida del lugar que se considera hogar, no solo por el lugar en sí, pero también por las personas, experiencias, ...
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New Zealand Celebrity in Modern Art
Sam McKinnis, Lorde (Melodrama), 2016. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut Some faces are meant to be seen, but others are intended to be felt. I was walking into the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum when I ...
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